Howdy Partners!
This week, OPPO unveiled their new foldable smartphones that will compete with Samsung Flip. Let’s hope that once science gets tired of foldable phones, they start working on what’s really important: a foldable sandwich. That’s what I want to put in my pocket
⚛️ Nuclear partnerships
The nuclear science community saw one of its greatest breakthroughs this week when a nuclear fusion reaction with a net energy gain was accomplished. This is a great step towards a clean energy source and also a great metaphor for what great partnerships look like. A partner ecosystem might be hard to set up, but if done right, the outcome will exceed the cost.
A clean revenue source, that’s the dream.
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Partnership of the Week
What’s the safest way to send a container across the state of Texas? Calling an Uber! Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Uber Freight just announced a partnership that will offer autonomous transport solutions on select routes in Texas to Uber Freight customers. As they heard the news, logistic professionals across the world couldn’t CONTAINER their excitement.
️ New Groundwork episode
In this week’s episode, Allison Baker, SVP of C2FO, talks about how to introduce partnerships to traditional executives and companies. She also talks with Tai Rattigan about:
- Partners or Frenemies? Managing overlapping services in Partnerships
- Landing a partnership with Visa at Dashlane
- Walking the fine line between partners and customers
- The challenges of becoming an executive while working on a remote setting
Click here to view the full episode on Youtube and here to listen on Spotify.
From EMEA to the world
Are you a Partnerships Leader working in EMEA? Alexis Petrichos and our team are looking for speakers for upcoming virtual and in-person events. If you have an idea that you want to share with the partnerships world, you can apply here.
A report to get support
Did you ever feel that you’re onto something but don’t quite have the numbers to get buy-in? Our friends at Crossbeam have listened to your prayers and are putting together a unique report with insights on:
– Org chart structures
– Attribution successes
– Resources and available headcount- Salary benchmarks
If you collaborate by taking this survey, you will be rewarded with immediate, early access to the report as soon as it’s ready. You got until 5PM (ET) so hurry up!
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